nexum
English
Etymology
Latin
Noun
nexum
- A contract in early Ancient Rome in which the debtor pledged his own person as collateral should he default on his loan (thus risking becoming a slave to the creditor).
Related terms
- nexus
Latin
Participle
nexum
- nominative neuter singular of nexus
- accusative masculine singular of nexus
- accusative neuter singular of nexus
- vocative neuter singular of nexus
References
- nexum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nexum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nexum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- nexum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nexum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin